treiben
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German trīben, from Old High German trīban, from Proto-West Germanic *drīban.
Cognates
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]treiben (class 1 strong, third-person singular present treibt, past tense trieb, past participle getrieben, auxiliary haben or sein)
- (transitive) to drive (e.g. livestock); to propel; to force [auxiliary haben]
- (transitive) to put forth; to produce; to sprout [auxiliary haben]
- (transitive, figuratively) to urge [auxiliary haben]
- (transitive, vulgar, slang, with expletive object es) to fuck [auxiliary haben]
- (transitive) to do, to get up to [auxiliary haben]
- Synonym: tun
- Was treibst du denn so den ganzen Tag?
- What do you get up to all day?
- (intransitive) to drift; to float about [auxiliary sein]
- (intransitive) to sprout [auxiliary sein]
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | treiben | ||||
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present participle | treibend | ||||
past participle | getrieben | ||||
auxiliary | haben or sein | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich treibe | wir treiben | i | ich treibe | wir treiben |
du treibst | ihr treibt | du treibest | ihr treibet | ||
er treibt | sie treiben | er treibe | sie treiben | ||
preterite | ich trieb | wir trieben | ii | ich triebe1 | wir trieben1 |
du triebst | ihr triebt | du triebest1 du triebst1 |
ihr triebet1 ihr triebt1 | ||
er trieb | sie trieben | er triebe1 | sie trieben1 | ||
imperative | treib (du) treibe (du) |
treibt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]- abtreiben
- antreiben
- auftreiben
- austreiben
- betreiben
- dahin treiben
- durchtrieben
- eintreiben
- forttreiben
- Getriebe
- heraustreiben
- herumtreiben
- hintertreiben
- in die Enge treiben
- Treibeis
- Treiben
- Treiber
- Treiberin
- Treibgut
- Treibhaus
- Treibholz
- Treibjagd
- Treibriemen
- Treibsand
- Treibsel
- Trieb
- übertreiben
- umtreiben
- vertreiben
- vorantreiben
- vortreiben
- wegtreiben
- zusammentreiben
- zutreiben
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “treiben” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “treiben” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “treiben” in Duden online
- “treiben” in OpenThesaurus.de
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